Total Film

Total Film
Cover for the last issue (November 2024), featuring Gladiator II
EditorJane Crowther
CategoriesFilm
FrequencyMonthly
Total circulation
(Jan – Dec 2023)
21,048 per issue[1]
First issueFebruary 1997
Final issueOctober 2024
CompanyFuture plc
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inBath
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.gamesradar.com/totalfilm/
ISSN1366-3135

Total Film was a British film magazine published 13 times a year (published monthly and a summer issue is added every year since issue 91, 2004, which is published between July and August issue) by Future Publishing. The magazine was launched in 1997 and offers a cinema, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews, and features. Total Film was available both in print and interactive iPad editions.

In 2014, it was announced online that Total Film would be merging into GamesRadar+, alongside SFX, Edge, and Computer and Video Games.[2]

In October 2024, Future announced that the publication of Total Film would be ending on issue 356,[3] with the publication joining All About Space, Total 911 and 3D World as titles axed by the company at the same time.[4][5]

  1. ^ "ABC Certificates and Reports: Total Film". Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. ^ Total Film (September 30, 2014). "Important Announcement! A New Direction For Total Film And SFX Online". GamesRadar.
  3. ^ "X". X. October 2, 2024. Archived from the original on October 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  4. ^ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/future-closes-titles-and-events-deemed-low-to-no-growth-assets/#:~:text=3D%20World%2C%20All%20About%20Space,and%20iMore%20among%20brands%20closing.&text=Update%203%20October%202024%3A%20Future,October%2C%20will%20be%20its%20last.
  5. ^ https://filmstories.co.uk/news/total-film-and-more-future-publishing-statement-on-closing-magazines/